CA-SCIENTIST.COM

Scientist.com, the life science industry’s leading online marketplace
for outsourced research, announced today the appointment of Mark Herbert
to its senior leadership team. As the company’s chief business officer,
he will focus on continuing the company’s rapid growth and expansion
into new research areas and countries.

“The Scientist.com research sourcing platform is revolutionizing how
medical research is done,” said Mark Herbert, Scientist.com’s new Chief
Business Officer. “I look forward to helping establish new partnerships,
expand existing partnerships and advance our goal of delivering an
innovative and disruptive marketplace to the global life sciences
community.”

Mark has 20+ years’ experience in pharmaceutical and biotech research
across multiple platforms and therapeutic areas. He last served as
Interim President of Arcturus Therapeutics, a public company, where he
led operations, business development and alliance management activities.
While at Arcturus, Mark established strategic partnerships with
pharmaceutical and biotech companies, in-licensed key intellectual
property and secured non-dilutive funding through the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation. Previously, he was Head of U.S. Business Development and
Sales at STA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., WuXi AppTec’s small molecule
development and manufacturing division, where he was responsible for all
North American business development. Mark also previously served as
Director of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2013. He is an author or
inventor on over 35 peer-reviewed manuscripts and patents and has led or
contributed to the submission of 13 investigational new drug (IND)
applications and one new drug application (NDA).

“Mark is an outstanding scientist-entrepreneur with a rare combination
of technical talent and business development acumen,” said Kevin Lustig,
PhD, Scientist.com’s CEO and Founder. “His strong scientific background
and business expertise will help us build the right relationships and
continue our rapid expansion into Europe, Japan and China.”

About Scientist.com

Scientist.com is the world’s leading marketplace for outsourced
research. The marketplace simplifies the entire research sourcing
process, saving time and money and providing access to the latest
innovative tools and technologies while maintaining full compliance with
an organization’s procurement policies. Scientist.com operates private
enterprise marketplaces for most of the world’s major pharmaceutical
companies, VWR and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since its
founding in 2007, Scientist.com has raised more than $33 million from
Leerink Transformation Partners, 5AM Ventures, Heritage Provider
Network, Bootstrap Ventures and Hollywood producer Jack Giarraputo among
others. Visit scientist.com
to learn more.